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PUBLIC OPINION STRATEGIES MOURNS REPUBLICAN LOSSES, CONGRATULATES MANY INDIVIDUAL WINNERS IN TOUGH RACES
NOVEMBER 8, 2006
The Republican polling firm of Public Opinion Strategies (POS) polled for the only freshman Republican U.S. Senator, one new Governor, and five new members of Congress. Overall, the firm polled for four winning U.S. Senate races, six winning GOP Governors, at least 46 Members of Congress, as well as numerous downticket statewide and legislative winners.
Major statewide winners were:
- Senator-elect Bob Corker from Tennessee, who came from behind to defeat the Democratic Party's Dream Candidate, Harold Ford, Jr.
- Senator Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, who is the first Independent candidate elected outright to the U.S. Senate since 1976.
- Senator John Ensign of Nevada, who is poised to become a member of the Republican Senate leadership team.
- Senator Olympia Snowe of Maine, who bucked Republican problems in the Northeast with a landslide win.
- Governor-elect Jim Gibbons of Nevada, one of only three new GOP Governors in the country.
- Governors Jodi Rell of Connecticut, Sonny Perdue of Georgia, Dave Heineman of Nebraska, Mike Rounds of South Dakota, and Jim Douglas of Vermont.
New members of Congress for whom Public Opinion Strategies polled include Michele Bachmann (MN-6), Vern Buchanan (FL-13), David Davis (TN-1), Peter Roskam (IL-6), and Adrian Smith (NE-3). Four of the five new Members of Congress won races in which publicly-released surveys showed the Democratic candidate ahead at some point during the race.
Other statewide winners include Brian Krolicki (NV Lt. Gov), Beth Chapman (AL Secretary of State) and Steve Poizner (CA Insurance Commissioner).
POS also polled for successful state legislative efforts in Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Wisconsin.
POS also polled on the side of 22 winning ballot issues, including issues in California, Colorado, Kentucky, Nebraska, Nevada, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Texas.
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